Celebrate today and every day

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's a Photo Inspiration. For my card I used, Bugaboo Flower Teddy and a sentiment from TLC, Create. I dry embossed a background piece. The animals are keeping their social distance to be good examples for all of us.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Flower Teddy (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Celebrate today and every day

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Ovals

Flower:  Prima

Brad:  Paper Studio

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Challenges

Alphabet Challenge - D for Dry embossing

Crafty Catz - Ch. 507 Spots and/or stripes

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 167 Animals/Flowers

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 440 - 441 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 635 Critters

Papercraft - Ch. 58 Spring

Birthday Wishes coming your way

Today at Catch the Bug is a new challenge and it's a Photo Inspiration. For my card, I used the image Sunbonnet Flowers and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I dry embossed the white background.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Sunbonnet Flower (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Birthday Wishes coming your way

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Petite Ovals

Gems:  Michael's

Ribbon:  Offray

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Die:  Die'sire

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - February Ch 177

Creatalicious - Ch. 181 Anything Goes with optional embossing

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 622 Square

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 338 Flower Power

DL Art Thankful Thursday - Ch. 253 Pink and/or Red

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 426 - 427 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 386 Anything Goes

Crafty Friends - Ch. 129 Gemstones/Pearls

Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 45 Girls Only

Forget the past with presents

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and the theme is Photo Inspiration. For my card, I used Candy Cane Penguin and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  We are getting snow as I am posting this so this is a fitting card for this time of year.

Patterned Paper:  Teresa Collins

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Candy Cane Penguin (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Forget the Past with Presents

Ribbon:  Offray

Snowflakes:  Jolee

Die:  Tutti

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Di's Digi Challenge - Winter and/or Snow

Winter Wonderland - January little friends

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - January Add some sparkle

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 18

Do-Al(1) Creative - January Three of a Kind (snowflakes)

Creatalicious - Ch. 179 Anything Goes with optional add a snowflake

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round - Anything Christmas

ABC Christmas - B for Bingo (Patterned paper / lots of layers / die cut) 

(Patterned paper / colored image/ ribbon)  (Die cut/ Christmas sentiment / Ribbon)

Hand stamped sentiments - Ch. 331 Wintertime

CHNC - Ch. 374 Anything Christmas with optional no sentiment

Scribbles - Ch. 85 Penguin Power

No matter how you slice it

We're back from our vacation at Catch the Bug, so it's time for a new challenge and today is a Photo Inspiration.  For my card I used, Kidz Bella Watermelon Peeker and a sentiment I generated on my computer. Since the image has a butterfly, I added a border of gorgeous butterflies.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe, Core-dinations, Echo Park

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Kidz Bella Watermelon Peeker

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Spellbinder: Large circle

Ink:  Memento - Ladybug Red

Die:  Sizzix

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches - August

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 400 - 401 Anything Goes

Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 39 Butterflies

Seize the Birthday - Ch. 172 Anything Birthday with optional Butterflies

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 103 Wings

CCC Digi Creations - Ch. 106 Summer

Bluebird

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's a photo inspiration. For my card, I used a pre-colored image Bird Trio Summer and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.  I like that the image is so cheerful and has so many great colors ad I used a paper to coordinate.  The photo has a rainbow kite which inspired me to the rainbow of colors and then I used floral buttons around the sentiment.
This has been a rough week.  We had audits at work.  My office mate and her boyfriend broke up so she was having an emotional breakdown daily. Then Friday morning my Uncle passed away after being diagnosed with metastatic cancer just a month ago.  So I few people that I am trying to cheer up. Then I had a water leak in my basement from a pipe last week and my air conditioning wasn't working this week when it's been the hottest all summer so my home repairs are just adding up this month.  Just hope July will be a better month.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Birds trio summer (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Bluebird def
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug
Flowers:  Dress it Up

Challenges
little red wagon - Ch. 503 Much Ado about nothing
Aud Sentiment - Ch. 230 Anything Goes with sentiment
Scribbles - Ch. 78 Make it square

Violets with loving thoughts

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's a Photo Inspiration.  For my card, I used Violet Teacup and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I made it 3 D by coloring second copy of the flowers and cutting it out and putting it on pop dots on the original image. Violets just remind me of my Grandmother who would have had her birthday this month so she is just in my memories.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Violet Teacup

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Loving Thoughts flowers

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinders:  Small ad Large Circles

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Pop Dots

Embossing Folder:  We are Memory Keepers

Challenges

Alphabet Challenge - C for CAS

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 384 - 385 Anything Goes

As You Like It - Flowers or Ribbon (why)? I like both and think that they work well together. Flowers are perfect for spring and ribbon helps accent the color.

little red wagon - Ch. 494 Everything's coming up

Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 35 Flowers

Your Next Stamp - Ch. 112 CAS

Sparkles Monthly - Ch. 115 Flowers or Religious

Kindness is like snow...

Today starts a new Challenge at Catch the Bug and it is a photo inspiration.  For my card, I used, Winter kidz girl and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I added snow to my image by masking it with Moltow drops then coloring the sky and then rubbing the masking drops off.  I put Sakura jelly white pen drops over the image.  I colored her clothes in a rainbow of colors and the background paper in a rainbow to go with the photo inspiration picture.

Pattered Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Treat Yo Self

Cardstock:  Bazzil; DCWV; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Winter Kidz Girl (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - 

Poms:  Creativity

Sakura jelly white pen

Moltow masking pen

Challenges

Little Red Wagon - Ch. 430 Bundle Up

Hanna & Friends - Ch. 290 Winter

Sisterhood of Crafters - Dashing through the Snow

Merry Monday - Ch. 274 Let it Snow

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 195 Anything Goes

Fish Wisperer

Here is my card that I made for the Bugaboo Challenge as a GDT for the Saturday Challenge which is a photo inspiration.  I used the Gus Fish Wisperer image and sentiment.  I had some great die cuts to match and made this a gate fold card.  I thought of my son, who just LOVES to fish when I made this card.

Catch the Bug Photo Inspiration

Trevor, my son, 2016

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Hook, Line and Sinker

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dination; Recollection

Stamp;  Bugaboo - Gus Fish Whisper (see above for direct link)

Dies;  Sizzix; Memory Box; Martha Stewart; My Favorite Things
Ink:  Distress - Broken China

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

CHNC Patterned - October

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 180 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 352 Anything Goes

Simon Say's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes